There’s no question that climate
change (global warming) is happening.
But I see no evidence, let alone
scientific proof, of the eotw scenarios.
All the computer simulations depend
on too many assumed variables.
And they tend to ignore possible
human intervention and remediation.
Not to mention unforeseen
circumstances and disregarded science.
Will people die? Undoubtedly. By the
millions probably. Oh well.
Will the planet die? I very much
doubt it. Life is highly adaptable.
Will the human race go extinct? One
can only hope. But I doubt it.
Who knows? Maybe we’ll even wake up
to necessities we now ignore:
Population control. Efficient food
and meds production/distribution.
Universal healthcare. Universal
affluence. The end of armed conflict.
Demilitarization. The end of weapons
manufacture. The end of borders.
World government. Yeah, I know.
Those ideas offend fascists globally.
That’s the big one, then: the end of
fascism, xenophobia, and racism.
Think it will never happen? Think it
is all pie-in-the-sky impossibility?
Then why take the negative side and
think we will all die out so soon?
Your doomsday scenarios are just as
likely or unlikely as my utopia.
It’s all a matter of conjecture and
expectation. Expect the worst; get it.
Mass hysteria and hallucination
create reality: we are now nuclear.
Extinction is just the next stage in
humanity’s self-fulfilling prophecy.
But we have a choice: we can go on
as we are or we can face the truth:
We are making this all
happen. Life takes care of itself, absent humans.
But a thought just occurred to me;
maybe our extinction is the solution.
Maybe life’s wisdom convinces us to
kill ourselves off to save all else.
I could get behind that idea.
Problem is, how much do we take with us?
If we’re intent on offing ourselves,
why not leave other species behind?
Or is that the true nature of
humans, to destroy everything as we go?
Maybe it is, after all. Whichever,
it’s not up to you or me, but all of us.
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